Memphis cop Demetrius Haley texted photo of bloodied Tyre Nichols after beating
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One of the Memphis police officers charged with the murder of Trye Nichols snapped a photo of the 29-year-old father — bloodied and handcuffed — and sent it to six people after they brutally beat him, according to a report.

Officer Demetrius Haley — who was fired from his job after the killing — took two photographs of the critically injured Nichols driver on his personal phone, according to a state document obtained by the Memphis news station WREG.

The 30-year-old officer texted the photos of Nichols, who was propped against a car as he was unable to sit up on his own, to two fellow cops, a civilian employee of the police department and a female acquaintance, the record states.

A sixth person also received the pictures, according to the document, which the Memphis Police Department submitted to a state board to request the five officers charged in Nichols’ death be decertified and ineligible to work as cops in Tennessee.

Haley and the four other officers —  Tadarrius Bean, 24; Emmitt Martin III, 30; Desmond Mills, Jr., 32, and Justin Smith, 28 — are accused of fatally beating Nichols after they pulled his car over near his mother’s home on Jan. 7.

Disturbing bodycam footage of the assault shows the officers repeatedly punching, kicking, pepper-spraying and tasing Nichols for approximately three minutes, while he desperately called out to his mother.

The videos of the beating, released by the city last month, also appeared to show Haley standing over Nichols a few minutes after the beating. He can be seen shining a flashlight onto Nichols and appears to snap two photos with his cellphone.

ex-Memphis police officer Demetrius Haley mugshot
Ex-cop Demetrius Haley admitted to taking photos of Nichols after he and four other officers beat him.

This combo of booking images provided by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office shows, from top row from left, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith.
Top row from left, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith were all fired and charged with second-degree murder.


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ex-Memphis police officer Demetrius Haley
Haley said he texted a photo of Nichols, bloodied and handcuffed, to at least five people.


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Nichols, a FedEx worker and photographer, died at a local hospital three days later.

The cops said they pulled him over for reckless driving, however, the police chief has since said the department could not find evidence to support the claim.

The five officers were fired and have each been charged with second-degree murder, two counts of official misconduct, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, one count of official oppression and one count of aggravated assault, authorities said.

Tyre Nichols leans against a car after a brutal attack by five Memphis Police officers
The video also appeared to show Haley standing over Nichols a few minutes after the beating.

Tyre Nichols leans against a car after a brutal attack by five Memphis Police officers
Memphis officers are not permitted to use personal phones while on duty.


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Tyre Nichols leans against a car after a brutal attack by five Memphis Police officers
Haley shines a flashlight onto Nichols, who is propped up against a car, and appears to snap photos with his cellphone.


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A sixth officer,  Preston Hemphill, who wasn’t involved in the beating but fired a Taser at Nichols, was also suspended. He was recorded on bodycam footage saying, “I hope they stomp his ass” in reference to Nichols.

Three members of the Memphis Fire Department were also terminated for failing to adequately assess Nichols’ condition after arriving at the scene.

Tyre Nichols in a selfie at a beach
Tyre Nichols was a 29-year-old FedEx driver and father of one who was passionate about photography.

Tyre Nichols from before his beating death
Nichols called out for his mother, who lived just yards away, while he was beaten by police.


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Tyre Nichols in a hospital bed with tubes feeding into his mouth
He died in the hospital three days after the beating.


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Nichols, a father of one, was remembered at a moving funeral service attended by 2,500 mourners last week.

“For this to happen to him is just unimaginable,” his grieving mother RowVaughn Wells said during the service. “I promise the only thing keeping me going is I truly believe my son was sent here on an assignment from God and I guess now his assignment is done — and he’s been taken home.”

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